Love Is Colder Than Death

Through its various incarnations, the music of Love is Colder Than
Death has remained consistant: the voices of the Dark Ages whispering
across the centuries and finding a new home in the modern world of
heavenly keyboard Goth.

The band first appeared as a quartet in 1990, with the core of Maik
Hartung and Susann Heinrich being joined by Sven Mertens (on keys
and vocals) and Ralf Donis (on vocals) as they released their stunning
debut, Teignmouth. It was this recording that so stirred the
fledgling Metropolis Records, that it was licensed to become the debut
release on this American label.

Teignmouth, and 1992's follow-up release, Mental Traveller,
both followed the pathways towards medieval sound voyages, performed
on slow and majestic synthetic keyboards and augmented primarily by
Susann's stunning vocals.

1993 was a year of transition for the group. Mertens and Donis both
departed, and Andy Porter, formerly of Rose of Avalanche, came on
board. The results of this new alignment was Oxeia. Although
all of the basic elements were there, a new temporal alignment could
be felt: the musical balance was now between the Dark Ages and the
Renaissance. Their sound still held close to the secular majesty of
the one, but now also embraced the hope and optimism of the other.